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Participants in the 24th Habano Cigar Festival learned about the work and dedication of local tobacco growers and cigar factories, as well as about the State's strategy to guarantee efficiency in the production of such exportable staple, during a visit to the province of Pinar del Río, held to be home to the best tobacco in the world.

From April 2023 to date, the Agricultural Enterprise of the eastern province of Las Tunas, under the Agroint brand, carried out 11 international commercial operations with the sale of habanero chili peppers to the Canadian market, an activity that is still far from reaching the volumes expected by the entity.

The 24th edition of the Habano Festival kicks off today, when the Havana Convention Center opens its Trade Fair, which this year welcomes 85 companies from 11 countries and becomes a meeting point for professionals of the sector, manufacturers of premium cigars and artisans.

Miguel Diaz-Canel, first secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba (CC PCC) and president of the country, visited Palma Soriano, in the eastern province of Santiago de Cuba, as part of the second stage of his working tours of the country's territories.

A delegation of agricultural secretaries and producers from several U.S. states led by National Association of State Departments of Agriculture (NASDA), the first ever to visit Cuba, reaffirmed that their country can have excellent trade relations with Havana, especially in the agricultural sector.

The local chapter of the Cuban Association of Economists and Accountants (ANEC) urged to step up support to the socialist state enterprise through the upgrading and increased engagement of its members, whose expertise was praised by ANEC leader Oscar Luis Hung.

Tax benefits and incentives to help revive key sectors of the Cuban economy, such as agriculture and industry, are beginning to be implemented since early this year by the Ministry of Finance and Prices (MFP), through the management and control of the State Budget Law of 2024.

Ricardo Cabrisas Ruiz, deputy prime minister, called on the Cuban Chamber of Commerce (CCC) to work more closely and cohesively with all the actors of the business system, including MSMEs, in order to promote exports with added value and rational import substitutions, for the benefit of the country.

Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) and President of the Republic, visited today entities of economic and social relevance to verify strategies, practices and projections focused on improvement.

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